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Aiiorney! ORREN- D. PURINGTON, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

IRONING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 16, 1914.

Application filed December 2, 1913. Serial No. 804,169.

and has for its objects the smoothing of the surfaces of neckties, afterthe same have become wrinkled by use; and to render the mechanismemployed simple to operate, and adaptable to operation upon articles ofvarying thicknesses.

o the above ends primarily my invention consists in such parts andcombinations of parts as form the subject matter of the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings which form a part of this specificationFigures 1 and 2 are front and end elevations respectively of my noveldevice, Fig. 3, a vertical section of the same on line a: 00 of Fig, 2,Fig. 4, a section on line 3 y, of Fig. 1 and, Fig. 5, a bottom plan viewfoot.

Like reference characters indicate like parts throughout the views.

My device includes a frame, comprising a post 2 and an upright 3. Uponthe post is an integral extended hub or sleeve 4, in which is journal'edthe shaft 5, extending through an opening 6 in the upright 3, in whichit also has a bearing. Fixed to the shaft 5 is a crank 7 )rovided with ahandle 8. Fast on shaft 5 is a drum 11, provided in its periphery with acavity 12, at the base of which is fixed a-hook 1 1. Near the top of themembers 2 and 3 are screws or pins 17 passing through openings 19 inears 20, extending upwardly from a housing 21, comprising side pieces 22and a top crosspiece 23. .The' housing-therefore, depends from and ispivoted upon the members 17 and a presser foot 24 is slidably mounted inthe lower portion of the housing or guide and is adapted to contact withthe periphery I of the drum 11.

In detail the presser foot 21 comprises an upright portion 25, and anarcuate laterally extending portion or toe 26, to whose outer end isfixed a finger piece orhandle 28. The

portion 25 of the presser foot is rectangular and has a sliding fit inthe housing. To its of the presser upper' surfaces is fixed by screws30, or otherwisethe lower end 31 of a flat spring 32, whose upper end 33is fixed by screws 34; or otherwise to the cross-piece 23. of thehousing. The spring 22, in the present instance a folded spring,normally presses the foot 24 toward the drum. The lower or contactingface of the presser foot is provided with a series of paralleltransversely disposed V-shaped ribs or corrugations 36 alinement' witheach other longitudinally of the foot and at an equal distance from thesides thereof, as shown in Fig. 5, wherein the arrow indicates thedirection of travel of the article to be pressed.

In Figs. 2 and 4. is shown the necktie 38, having its forward endengaged in the hook 14, with its intermediate portion resting upon thedrum beneath the presser foot. The drum is operated in the direction ofthe arrow shown in Fig. 1, advancing the necktie in contact with thebottom face of the presser foot which in turn is pressed into engagementwith the tie by the spring 32.

When it is desired for any reason to free the tie, themember 21 mayinclined position as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4 by manually liftingthe handle 28.

What I claim is,-

1. In an ironing machine, the combination with the frame, of a drumrotatably mounted in the frame, in the frame adjacent the drum, a shoecom prising a body portion slidably mounted in the guide, and alaterally extending bearwhose apices are in 'ing portion adapted toengage the drum.

2. In an ironing machine. the combination with the frame, of a drumrotatably mounted in the frame, a guide pivotally mounted in the frameabove the drum, and a shoe comprising a body portion slidably mounted inthe guide, a laterally projecting bearing portion adapted to cooperatewith the face of the drum, and V-shaped ribs upon the operating face ofthe shoe whose apices are disposed in a direction opposite to thedirection of rotation of the drum.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

ORREN D. PURINGTON.

Witnesses:

Enw. H. ZIEGLER, HORATIO E. BELLows.

be elevated into a guide pivotally mounted

